A scrap pile of wheels engulfs the cab of an Alco RS-11 at Joseph Simon & Sons scrap yard located in the Tacoma tideflats and the final resting place for a number of BN, MILW and UP locomotives ov... (more)

The last Siemes Schuckert B-B remaining in Brazil.

Norfolk Southern D36 passes an assortment of old vehicles as it accelerates out of Gibson City, Illinois. An old Dairy Queen sign completes the scene. Leading the train is a former Norfolk & Weste... (more)

On April 5, 1996, scrappers working near the locomotive facility at Wisconsin Central’s Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, are reducing older surplus locomotives to pieces of scrap and ... (more)

Battered and Stattered. HRT 136 has battle scars all over it. It's missing a number board, missing a ditch light, one of it's windows is shattered, one of it's rear pannels is flipped upside down,... (more)

GCK 7496, Ex CSX 4621, to my knowledge is the only locomotive still wearing a YN1 paint scheme. Here it is in all it's glory, sitting in Cumberland's deadline.

HRT 136, a veteran from the RF&P railway, is seen sitting in Bowersville waiting for it's next assignment. This engine has seen some better days... It's missing a number board, missing a ditch lig... (more)

Hundreds of locomotives in the Hamlet deadlines... but one really stands out. CSX 2773, a YN2 GP38-2, sits amongst the many other retired locomotives in the deadline. This rail veteran is definite... (more)

HRT 6525, a rail veteran for the B&O railroad, remains stationary beneath overgrown trees behind a pottery shop, in very rough shape.

NS 8723 sits at Cresson Steel, along with 3 other top hats, all awaiting an uncertain future...

A quick lesson in ALCO C-415s

American Locomotive Company's C-415 roadswitchers were offered with several variations, the most noticeable were the cab heights: Southern Pacific ... (more)

This morning a number of BNSF cars derailed in the Denver Yard, falling off a bridge and into the South Platte River. The cars were empty hoppers and center beam cars so there were no issues with... (more)

After being picked up in Solvay by Finger Lakes train GS-2, AEAX 2003 (ex All Earth Rail RDC1) brings up the rear of the train as it passes another RDC stored in Martisco, NY. Finger Lakes has lea... (more)

Milwaukee Road 5056 sits along the Milwaukee, WI harbor awaiting an uncertain future in November 1991. The U25B was built in July 1965, in the later carbody style that featured a split windshield ... (more)

IC 3719, a 2-6-0, undergoes a cosmetic restoration at the Illinois Railway Museum.